Sentences with phrase «chemical ethylene»

Our class action lawsuit attorneys won a settlement for 850 workers who were exposed to the dangerous chemical ethylene dichloride (also called EDC) in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Antifreeze most commonly contains the chemical ethylene glycol which is toxic to pets.

Not exact matches

Food safety officials in Telangana conducted a surprise raid at Kothapet fruit market, Hyderabad unearthing the rampant use of ethylene powder, a toxic chemical imported from China, and other carcinogenic chemicals to artificially ripen mangoes.

There's a cathode and an anode; at the anode, water is split into protons and oxygen gas, and at the cathode, CO2 is electrochemically reduced to other value - added chemicals, such as carbon monoxide, methane, ethylene.

With a little chemical nudging those carbon atoms release one bond, allowing each to reach out and grab the carbon in another ethylene molecule.

Ma works at Dow Chemical's ethylene - processing plant in Fort Saskatchewan, in northern Alberta.

Sitting on an 850 - hectare manufacturing site, Dow Chemical's Fort Saskatchewan location is the second largest ethylene - producing facility in the world, after a neighbouring facility in Alberta, also owned by Dow.

A study, published in the journal Nano Energy, showed that the new catalyst can efficiently and selectively convert carbon dioxide to ethylene, one of the world's most important commodity chemicals.

If excess carbon dioxide can be used to make ethylene, it could help make the chemical industry more sustainable and eco-friendly.

This is nitrogen - rich graphene festooned with finely tuned copper nanoparticles selectively converts carbon dioxide to ethylene, a key commodity chemical.

An outer skin of fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP) was applied over the fibre, adding chemical protection from the corrosive electrolyte.

It also allowed the zeolites to convert 60 % of the longer hydrocarbon chains into five key chemical starting materials: benzene, toluene, xylene, propylene, and ethylene.

The chemical name for the plastic you see every day — from water bottles and grocery bags to household appliances — is polyethylene, a pliable material made by stringing together long chains of a simpler molecule called ethylene.

Kathy Rosica of the Chemical Manufacturers Association in Washington DC, says semiconductor makers mainly use ethylene glycol monomethyl ether and ethylene glycol monoethyl ether.

Data on the reported use of chemicals showed «a strong association» with ethylene glycol ethers, says the SIA.

Top of the list are measures to minimise the exposure of workers to «potentially hazardous chemicals», and efforts to speed up the banning of ethylene glycol ethers from chip manufacture.

Chemical producers try to tailor the process to produce as much ethylene and as little ethane possible, but selectivity remains a challenge, Swearer said.

«I think it's a very clever idea,» says Dean Rosenthal, a molecular biologist at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Van der Schans and Rosenthal say they can also conceive of skin tests for other chemical agents, such as phosgene, or industrial pollutants such as ethylene oxide — anything that has a way of getting under the skin.

Using liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry (a process that separates complex mixtures and analyzes ingredients by measuring a weight - to - charge ratio), researchers compared the constituent chemicals in the food to standards for common molds, heavy metals and ethylene glycol (or antifreeze, which Goldstein says is the number one cause of kidney failure).

The novel method, which produces ethylene at room temperature and pressure using benign chemicals, could be scaled up to provide a more eco-friendly and sustainable alternative to the current method of ethylene production.

But ethylene's ubiquity as a building block in plastics and chemicals masks an underlying environmental cost.

Last June, Shell announced that Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC had taken the final investment decision to build the complex, which will be comprised of an ethylene cracker with polyethylene derivatives unit.

The sad truth about many, mass - produced olives we come across is that they are picked before they are ripe and softened with chemicals (much like how many out - of - season tomatoes are picked green for safe transport and later exposed to ethylene gas to ripen).

EDTA (ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid)[113] is a poly amine carboxylic acid, originally developed for industrial uses to keep metal ions such as calcium or magnesium from interfering with chemical processes.

That would essentially mean that ethylene glycol turns into something else in a chemical reaction.

Westlake Chemical Partners LP operates, acquires and develops ethylene production facilities and related assets.

Westlake Chemical Partners LP engages in the operation, acquisition and development of ethylene production facilities and related assets.

Common chemicals toxic to dogs include: slug bait (metaldehyde); rodent bait (brodifacoum, bromadiolone, coumarin, etc), and antifreeze (ethylene glycol).

It is a chemical cousin of ethylene glycol which is found in antifreeze.

Chemical hazards — found in ethylene glycol antifreeze, paint thinner, drain cleaners and pool / spa chemicals — form a substantial danger to pets.

Most brands of commercial antifreeze consist of 95 percent ethylene glycol, an extremely toxic chemical.

Antifreeze: Most antifreeze products contain up to 95 % ethylene glycol, an extremely toxic chemical to dogs, cats, and people.

Product samples were tested for Salmonella, metals, furans, pesticides, antibiotics, mycotoxins, rodenticides, nephrotoxins (such as aristolochic acid, maleic acid, paraquat, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, toxic hydrocarbons, melamine and related triazines) and were screened for other chemicals and poisonous compounds.

Hazardous household chemicals include: ethylene glycol antifreeze, paint thinner, drain cleaners and pool / spa chemicals.

Chemical hazards found in ethylene glycol antifreeze, paint thinner, drain cleaners and pool / spa chemicals form a substantial danger to pets.

Raised on chemicals and harvested long, long before ripe, «green tennis ball» tomatoes depend on ethylene gas to turn red.

According to a recent news story, a state task force in South Charleston is working to attract companies that convert ethane — a byproduct of natural gas production — into ethylene, a chemical compound used in a variety of manufacturing and consumer products.

The industry model now allows for the use of bio-based feedstock, though usually in very limited scale, for various raw chemicals (in particular, ethylene, ammonia and methanol).

Last June, Shell announced that Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC had taken the final investment decision to build the complex, which will be comprised of an ethylene cracker with polyethylene derivatives unit.

No mention is made of the fact that «The production of PVC and its feedstocks, vinyl chloride monomer and ethylene dichloride results in the release of hundreds of thousands of pounds of toxic chemicals into the environment each year, mainly in poor, communities of color in the Louisiana and Texas.

Ethoxylated surfactants and 1,4 - dioxane: Never listed because it's a by - product made from adding carcinogenic ethylene oxide to make other chemicals less harsh.

Advising South Korea's SK Innovation in connection with its acquisition of Dow Chemical's ethylene acrylic acid business.

What's more, toxic chemicals like ethylene glycol found in antifreeze, coolants, and road salts are poisonous so if you live in an area that gets a lot of snow, be sure to check between your dog's foot pads to make sure she doesn't track it into the house or ingest it.

Don't set your flowers near ripe fruit; the chemicals from the fruit (such as ethylene) will «ripen» your flowers.